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Hi Missy Attitude,   I'm sorry to hear you've been having so many troubles with your daughter's health. I'm sure it's frustrating to see her so sick. This page from a pediatrician offers a lot of info about when to do allergy testing in kids: http://pediatrics.about.com/od/weeklyquestion/a/0906_alrgy_test.htm   If your current healthcare professional is unwilling to work with you to your satisfaction, you DO have the right to get a second opinion. Every person with asthma or allergies should be able to achieve control, so if that's not happening with your daughter, I'd say some kind of change in strategy is in order.   Challenge testing is probably what they are encouraging you to do in terms of the food allergies. It can be a viable strategy, where you offer small amounts of a specific food type to try and pinpoint sensitivities, but it can also be dangerous, as it could set off an allergic shock (anaphylaxis) reaction. So you'd only want to do this under supervision.   Just remember, as your child's advocate you have both the right and responsibility to get health care that helps her.   Kathi